Africa in the ancient world (3500 BC – 800 BC). The first cities, the first writing, the first kings who called themselves gods. These articles cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus and the Bronze Age world that connected them.
Khufu's pyramid lies within six arcminutes of true north. No Egyptian text says how; Glen Dash of AERA weighed four methods, from shadows to star transits.
· 2560 BCEgyptian crews fed by the state, not slaves, built the Giza pyramids. A town for the workers, their cemetery and gang names inside the pyramid show it.
· 2560 BCAround 1887 cuneiform letters from Babylon, Mitanni and Canaan surfaced at Tell el-Amarna. Dealers split them up; Knudtzon's EA numbers put them in order.
· 1350 BCA 2010 JAMA study counted 130 sticks and staves in Tutankhamun's tomb, many worn by use, and found a mild clubfoot and bone disease in his left foot.
· 1323 BCLater building buried KV62 and its location was lost; floodwater never filled it, the Theban Mapping Project says. It may not first have been his tomb.
· 1323 BCCarter's journal for November 26, 1922 records his answer to Lord Carnarvon: "Yes, it is wonderful." The famous "wonderful things" is from his 1923 book.
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